Today In Iraqi History - Sep 10

1922 King Faisal returned to office after appendices removed Thanked UK Iraq

            High Comm Cox for silencing opposition

1958 Arif dismissed as Deputy Commander in Chief of Armed forces because of

            his opposition to Gen Qasim

1980 Iraq seized Saif Saad, Iran along border Next 2 wks were 15 border incidents

            mostly in Basra

1990 Iran and Iraq renewed relations as Saddam attempted to secure his eastern

            border before Gulf War

2001 Time reported Bush administration discussed overthrowing Saddam

2002 Blair speech said Iraq not an imminent threat but had to be dealt with before it

            became one

2002 Draft of UK dossier on Iraq’s WMD included claim Iraq could deploy battlefield

            WMD in 45 minutes

2002 New Draft UK dossier on Iraq said it had bought large amounts of uranium Had

            mobile WMD labs

2002 US Intel officers told Wash Post not strong link between Iraq and Al Qaeda

2007 Gen Petraeus and Amb Crocker began 2 days of testimony to Congress on

            progress under Surge

2014 US authorized $25 mil in immediate military aid to Iraq

2014 Obama announced a new coalition to fight IS

2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah Muthanna Dhi Qar Wasit

            Maysan Basra Diyala demanding reform